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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 19 July 2025
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Question reference: S4O-03192

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how its international development programme supports young people wanting to carry out voluntary work overseas.

Question reference: S4O-03170

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of Police Scotland and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S4W-20072

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all police stations with public counters.

Question reference: S4W-20071

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all operational police stations.

Question reference: S4O-03078

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 March 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response to the Review of Expenses and Funding of Civil Litigation In Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-20073

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2014
  • Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 19 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government which police (a) stations and (b) public counters have closed down in each year since 2007 and on what date.

Question reference: S4O-03024

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote young people’s interests and talents in culture and the arts.

Question reference: S4W-19023

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2013
  • Current Status: Answered by Lesley Thomson on 13 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary legal staff have been employed by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in each month since April 2007.

Question reference: S4F-01808

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 January 2014
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2014

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to deal with perpetrators of serious sexual offences.

Question reference: S4O-02687

  • Asked by: Margaret Mitchell, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2013
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how it identifies and supports women who have post-natal depression.